Storage system.



Patented Aug. 5, |902. J. B. RECTOR.

STORAGE SYSTEM.

(Applimion med Feb. 9, 1001.) (N o M o d e l.)

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JOHN ROBERT RECTOR, OF LIPAN, TEXAS.

STO RAG E SYSTEM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 706,451, datedAugust 5,1902.

Application filed February 91x1901. VSerial Non. 46,670. (No model.)

4To @ZZ whom, it may concern.-

Beit known that l, JOHN ROBERT RECTOR, a

citizen of the United States, and a resident of Lipan, in the count-yofHocd and State of Texas, have invented a new and Improved `StorageSystem, of which the following is a` full, clear, and exact description.y

The purpose ofvthis invention is to p rovide a house for storingperishable goods in which the goods will be kept cool Without thenecessity of ice or other analogous `means of lowering the temperature,the temperature of cate corresponding parts in all the views.

lFigure l isa perspective view of the invention. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section on the line 2` 2 of Fig. Swith parts of theslatted.

fiooring removed; and Fig. 3 is a horiontal section on the line 3 3 ofFig. 2, also withparts of the slatted flooring removed.

a represents the house, which may be of' any suitable size and form, butthe walls of which should be constructed as nearly nonheat-conducting aspossible. This building has a slatted flooring l) extending throughareformed a main air-circulating passage c and a number of diagonalbranches c', the` branches c'extending out from each side of the mainpassagecand suchmain passage extending longitudinally through the centerof the building.

Formed in the earth adjacent to the house and leading from adistantpoint to the house is an air-passage d, the outer endof whichcommunicates with a stack e, having a funnel f at its top. VThis stackis mounted adjustably at the outer end of the passage d, so that thestackA may be turned to a `position facing the direction from which thewind is blowing, so that the wind will blow intothe funnel and blow downthe stack e into the passage d. Through this passage the air passes, andit enters the passage c and the "(See Fig. 1.)

branches c. `From here the air passes up through the slatted door b andmay escape from the building by a suitable outlet stack or chimney g,arranged at the topthereof. In the drawings I have shown one `stack garranged at the center of the root` of the house a; but it isv clearthat any nu mber of stacks may be employed and that they may be placedin any position desired without departingfrom the spirit'oflnyinvention.

When the building is heated by the sun, the air within rises, passingfrom the outletstack at the extreme top of the building. The buildingthus acts as a heat-actuated ventilator.

` For the purpose of rendering the current of air moist as it passesinto the building a I mayplace in the bottom of the passaged, at a pointadjacent to the stack e, a yessel 7i, containing water. For.facilitating the emplacement `and displacement of this vessel anopening may be madein the earth above thepassage d and a suitableclosure t' employed in connection therewith removably to covertheopening. -The vapors of evapo- 4ration rising from the water in thevessel 71 will pervade the air as it passes through the passages d, andthe air will therefore carry with it a certain degree ot` moisture,which will tend to keep the air inthe house a in proper condition andprevent drying orparching of the goods therein. out the area thereof,and below this flooring Any perishable` goods may be 'storedandpreserved in the house.

The invention is particularly adapted to keeping fruit, Vegetables, andyother farm products. f l A Various changes inthe form, proportions, andminor details may be resorted to without departing from the spirit andscope of my invention. Hence I consider myself entitled to all suchvariations as may lie within the scope of my claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- A storage system comprising a house, a stack mountedupon the ground some distance therefrom and provided with a revolublefunnel for facing the wind from dierent directions, an undergroundpassage connect- IOO ed with said stack and extending beneath saidhouse, a part of said passage beneath said house having a generaltapering form and being provided with branch passages dis- 5 posedobliqnely to the general direction of said passage and terminating atpoints ad jaf cent to the walls of said house, a slatted door for saidhouse, said oor being disposed over `a11of said branch passages, andmeans for

